The Coast News, April 12, 2019

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VOL. 33, N0. 15

APRIL 12, 2019

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City mulls crossing guard program

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By Aaron Burgin

ENCINITAS — A staple at intersections around schools across the country could be on its way to Encinitas — the crossing guard. The city has been considering a pilot crossing guard program at the corner of Balour Drive and Melba Road, an intersection heavily used by students at nearby Ocean Knoll Elementary School, Oak Crest Middle School and San Dieguito High School Academy, as well as several private preschools. Originally discussed in March 2018, the Encinitas Traffic and Public Safety Commission on April 8 voted to advance several options of how to administer the program to the City Council. The first option would be to share the costs and duties with the local school districts, the second would be to bear the costs entirely as a city and the final is to discuss with the Sheriff’s Department about use of the sheriff’s senior volunteer patrol. Most of the traffic commissioners leaned toward the cost-sharing model similar to what Solana Beach and the Solana Beach School District have used since last summer. Solana Beach contracts with a company that provides four guards for four-hour shifts daily at an hourly rate of $20.57. Under the agreement with the school district, the city pays 35 percent, or $20,735 annually, and the district pays the remaining TURN TO CROSSING GUARD ON A17

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THIS ADOPTABLE blue-and-gold macaw is one of many exotic parrots at Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Del Mar. Courtesy photo/Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary

Exotic feathers stay together Del Mar sanctuary helps to resocialize companion birds Special to The Coast News

DEL MAR — Whoever said: ‘Birds of a feather flock together,’ must have paid a visit to Del Mar’s Free Flight, a unique exotic bird sanctuary. This is a colorful place in more ways than one that aims to “maintain a sanctuary that shelters, nurtures and re-socializes parrots, while educating the public to inspire a lasting concern for the wellbeing of exotic birds,” according to Free Flight’s mission statement on its website.

Founded in 1981 as a boarding and breeding facility, Free Flight has evolved into a one-of-akind exotic bird sanctuary where parrots and people connect. It was benefactor Dr. Robert F. Stonebreaker's vision to create a sanctuary for exotic companion birds that would provide a special and unique environment to raise community awareness and to encourage positive interaction with these birds, according to Programs and Development Director Lauren Cooper. Contributing to its tropical surroundings, there is a large pond with friendly and beautiful koi which was originally home

to rescued flamingos who have since been successfully re-homed. Cooper said Free Flight became a 501(c)3 nonprofit in March 2009. Less than a year later, it suffered a tremendous loss when Stonebreaker passed away suddenly. This tragedy inspired clients, colleagues, employees and family to be more determined than ever to continue to pursue his passion for all species of exotic birds, the website adds. As a result, numerous parrots in need have come to Free Flight where staff has been instrumental in A VISITOR cuddles with a 70-year-old umbrella cockatoo finding them great new at Free Flight. Guests can walk among the birds and feed TURN TO SANCTUARY ON A21

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